"Cora" meaning in English

See Cora in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Apparently brought up in English literature by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans (1826), but compare a female heroine of this name in Jean-François Marmontel's Les Incas (1777) and the Ancient Greek epithet Κόρη (Kórē) for Περσεφόνη (Persephónē). It could also refer directly to κόρη (kórē, “maiden”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|Κόρη}} Κόρη (Kórē), {{m|grc|Περσεφόνη}} Περσεφόνη (Persephónē), {{m|grc|κόρη||maiden}} κόρη (kórē, “maiden”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cora
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Ethnonyms, Languages
    Sense id: en-Cora-en-name-G1A8salx Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 64 8 20 7 Disambiguation of Languages: 70 1 28 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Cora
  1. An indigenous people of west-central Mexico.
    Sense id: en-Cora-en-name-pYMGTMLy
  2. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Cora people.
    Sense id: en-Cora-en-name-JU2OozNq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: Coras [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Cora (plural Coras)
  1. A member of the Cora people. Translations (member of the Cora people): kuʼʹu·r (Tepecano)
    Sense id: en-Cora-en-noun-m6adqSC1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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